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Motaghi, Farbod
🇮🇷FIDE 12513431· Male· Iran· Born in 1993
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Farbod Motaghi, a 33-year-old Iranian player, is rated 1997 — just 2 short of his peak of 1999 (Dec 2025, age 32). He is progressing steadily with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Jam samane sharif zadeh kerman, Alborz Standard open league 1404 Round 7-9, and Pishgam Standard Cup Mordad 1404. Also played 4 rapid (including Pishgam Novin Rapid Cup 3 Mehr) and 3 blitz events (including Pishgam Blitz Cup 27shahrivar 1404) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 16 months (2012–2014), 14 months (2014–2015), 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 25 months (2022–2024).
At junior level, he reached #21, #21 and #17 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1997
Standard
Rpd2038·Blz2058
All-time high
1999
−2 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 32
Dec 2025 · age 32
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#27,972
#27,972 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1999
at age 32 · −2 from today
Dec 2025
96th Iranian 20-35 player
at age 32 · rated 1998
Oct 2025
2022
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1919 → returned at 1953
Sep 2022
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1935 → returned at 1933
Aug 2019
2014
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1854 → returned at 1899
Apr 2014
100 career games
at age 21
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+33
1964 → 1997
Tournaments
6
23 games
Score
20.5/ 2389.1%
19W3D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 9/9 | #7 | 2351 | +18.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #33 | 1794 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/3 | #37 | 2330 | +5.6 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 0.5/1 | #75 | 1937 | -1.2 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 0.5/1 | #48 | 2055 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/6 | #5 | 2109 | +16.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMohammadreza Rahnamai Namin
🇮🇷IRI·1565
+10 −4 =0
14 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsMasoud Forouzesh
🇮🇷IRI·1911
+7 −6 =0
13 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsAli Kiaei
🇮🇷IRI·1858
+7 −2 =3
12 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsAli Ghobadibigvand
🇮🇷IRI·1817
+7 −4 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsShahin MohandesiIM
🇮🇷IRI·1981
+4 −6 =2
12 games·last met Feb 2018
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Rankings
/
Iran
#268
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,478
in continent
World
#27,972
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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